Varsha Raut has been summoned for questioning in the case, which involves alleged credit fraud.
Mumbai:
Agencies like the Directorate of Enforcement are not important as they are increasingly used in a political power game, Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut said a day after his wife was again summoned for questioning in the bank fraud case of PMC. Stating that political battles must be “fought face to face,” he said: “I have spoken with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and the Shiv Sena will respond to them in his own way. There is no need to panic.”
“The importance of ED, CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) or the Income Tax Department is decreasing. Before, when this agency took some action, it seemed that there was something serious. But during the last years, it seems that the action of This The agency happens when a political party is venting its anger, “Raut told the media today.
The Sena leader said that he has a file on BJP containing 121 names and that he would soon hand it over to the Directorate of Execution.
“There are so many names that the DE will have to work for five years,” he added.
Raut’s wife, Varsha Raut, is due to meet officials at the Mumbai office of the Directorate of Enforcement on December 29. The agency is investigating alleged financial transactions between Varsha Raut and Pravin Raut, who is under arrest in the case, the sources said.
Varsha Raut has been summoned for questioning in the case, which involves alleged loan fraud at the cooperative bank of Punjab and Maharashtra. He had skipped the previous two citations for health reasons, the last time he was asked to join the investigation on December 11.
The Shiv Sena, who rules Maharashtra in alliance with Congress and Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party, has been accusing the BJP of vendetta politics. Eknath Khadse, who switched sides from the BJP to the NCP, was summoned for questioning by the Emergency Department on December 30 in connection with a money laundering case.
The case dates back to October last year and alleged irregularities in certain bank credit accounts are being investigated. One of the main ones is the loan granted to a real estate actor with financial difficulties, Housing Development and Infrastructure or HDIL.
Its promoters Rakesh Kumar Wadhawan and his son Sarang Wadhawan, its former president Waryam Singh and former managing director Joy Thomas are being investigated by the agency.
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